Thirty Liberal Arts faculty members to present at the President’s Excellence Fund Symposium
Thirty faculty members from the College of Liberal Arts will present posters explaining interdisciplinary projects funded by the first round of T3: Texas A&M Triads for Transformation program on Thursday, April 4, as part of the inaugural President's Excellence Fund Symposium.
Thirty faculty members from the College of Liberal Arts will present posters explaining interdisciplinary projects funded by the first round of T3: Texas A&M Triads for Transformation program on Thursday, April 4, as part of the inaugural President’s Excellence Fund Symposium.
The T3 poster session will take place from noon-1:30 p.m. in Room 1011 B and C at the Walter and Leonore Annenberg Presidential Conference Center.
The T3 program is an initiative in the 10-year, $100 million President’s Excellence Fund, which will invest approximately $3 million annually in T3 projects. The program is open to all of Texas A&M’s tenured or tenure-track faculty members. To qualify for T3 funding, faculty members form a “triad” of three faculty members in support of a common project. At least two of the faculty members must come from different colleges or schools.
The participating faculty from the Liberal Arts include:
Rachel J. Smith, presenting “A High-Throughput Wireless Platform Electronic For Optogenetics And Its Application In Neuroscience”
Kathi N. Miner, presenting “Mobbing The Professor: Faculty Experiences Of Mobbing By Students”
Joseph M. Orr and Darrell A. Worthy, presenting “Examining The Role Of Dopamine In Executive Function Through Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation”
Jessica A. Bernard, presenting “Non-Invasive Modulation Of The Dopaminergic Midbrain And The Influence On Motor Learning”
Mark G. Packard and Carlos A. Bolanos, presenting “Influence Of Early Life Stress On Multiple Memory Systems In Animals And Humans”
William A. McIntosh, presenting “Understanding Online Learners: The Development Of The Online-Learning REadiness Scale (ORES)”
Srividya Ramasubramanian, presenting “Telling The Story Of Science: Empowering Scientists To Communicate”
Luis Vieira-De-Castro and Anna E. Linderholm, presenting “Dead Ships And Live Culture In Coastal Communities”
Maria I. Moyna and Gabriela C. Zapata, presenting “Achieving Cross-Cultural Medication Adherence In South Texas”
Sharon Gursky, presenting “The Hearing Capabilities of the Fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox)”
Leroy G. Dorsey and Valerie M. Balester, presenting “Information Literacy Skills In Core Curriculum Classes”
Robert K. Goidel, presenting “At The Intersection Of Health And Place: Barriers To Health Service Utilization Among Men”
Mary W. Meagher and Annmarie E. MacNamara, presenting “Can Emergency Contraception Prevent PTSD Following Sexual Assault?”
Gerianne Alexander-Packard and Michael S. Alvard, presenting “Gender, Chronotypes, And A Test Of The Grandparent Hypothesis Of Sentinel Behavior”
Richard L. Street, presenting “Patient-Provider Communication In The Digital Era”
Sheela Athreya and Lori E. Wright, presenting “The Global History Of Health Project – Oral Health In Iron Age Populations From Northern China”
April L. Hatfield and Shona N. Jackson, presenting “A Digital Atlas Of Space And Power In The Greater Caribbean-A Pilot Study”
Felipe Hinojosa, presenting “Understanding Legal Needs In The Rio Grande Valley”
Jessica M. Howell and Violet M. Johnson, presenting “Global Health and The Humanities”
Brian A. Anderson, presenting “How Do Drivers’ Attitudes And Emotions Affect Their Attention And Behavior Toward Bicyclists?”
The President’s Excellence Fund Symposium begins at 10:30 a.m. with a welcome from A&M President Michael K. Young and a keynote speech from Cecelia Conrad, managing director of the John T. and Catherine D. MacArthur Foundation.
For more information on the symposium, visit here.